#ASKACURATOR

Happy Ask a Curator Day! That's right: for most or all of today, curators from 581 museums in 34 countries are gathering around the hashtag #AskaCurator to answer questions on the curating life, collecting, museum practices and more.

"It’s a way to talk to curators and people who work in cultural venues you normally don’t have access to," explains Mar Dixon, who initiated the hashtag in 2010, on her blog. "You can ask anything that you’re curious about or want more information on."

Several Boston and New England museums are participating. Here's our short list of who to pepper with questions: